Multiplane gravitational lensing. III. Upper bound on number of images

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1605-1613

  Petters, A O ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031528827     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.531818     Document Type: Article

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